GRE Word List

EMETIC

an agent that induces vomiting

The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.

Random words

WordMeaning
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
redolentexuding fragrance : aromatic
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
apogeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth
abominateto hate or loathe intensely : abhor
jocosegiven to joking : merry
compunctionanxiety arising from awareness of guilt